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RAM | STAAD | ADINA Wiki A Floor Slab has been Modeled using 4-Noded Plate Elements. Why are the Moments as well as Reinforcement Appearing on the Top and not the Bottom of the Plates
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    A Floor Slab has been Modeled using 4-Noded Plate Elements. Why are the Moments as well as Reinforcement Appearing on the Top and not the Bottom of the Plates

       
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      Product(s): STAAD.Pro
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      Area:  Concrete Design
      Subarea:  4 Noded Plate Elements
      Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group
       

     A floor slab has been modeled using 4-noded plate elements. The elements are subjected to pressure loading in the vertically downward direction. A concrete design has been performed on the elements. (See below for the reinforcement report for many of those elements.)
    Why is it that the moments as well as reinforcement are appearing on the top and not on the bottom of the plates?

    The reinforcement report for many of those elements looks like the following:  

    ELEMENT
    LONG. REINF
    (SQ.IN/FT)
    MOM-X /LOAD
    (K-FT/FT)
    TRANS. REINF
    (SQ.IN/FT)
    MOM-Y /LOAD
    (K-FT/FT)
    134 TOP :
    5.944
    1474.13 / 12
    6.914
    1679.58 / 12
    BOTT:
    1.296
    0.00 / 0
    1.296
    0.00 / 0

     

     Solution: In the above output, the word TOP and BOTTOM refer to the "local" top and bottom surfaces of the individual elements, and not in the global axis sense. The local top and bottom surfaces depend on the way an element is defined in its incidence statement. 
    TOP is defined as the surface which coincides with the positive side of the local Z axis. BOTTOM is defined as the surface which coincides with the negative side of the local Z axis. 
    Shown below are two examples in which the element incidence is numbered in two contrasting ways. 
    In the first figure, the local Z axis of the element points in the vertically upward direction. Consequently, the local top and bottom surfaces have the same sense as the global top and bottom.

    In the next figure, the local Z axis of the element points in the vertically downward direction. Consequently, the local top and bottom surfaces have the opposite sense as the global top and bottom.

    You can verify the direction of the local axes of the elements in your model by doing the following. Click the right mouse button and select Labels. Under the Plate category, switch on Plate Orientation. The local axes will be displayed as shown in these figures above.

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    • Steve Crabtree Created by Steve Crabtree
    • When: Thu, Jun 16 2016 2:52 PM
    • Steve Crabtree Last revision by Steve Crabtree
    • When: Thu, Jul 7 2016 6:03 PM
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